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City attorney: federal court bars part of Olivette's Halloween ordinance; city will not enforce porch-sign requirement this year
Summary
The city attorney told the council a federal court found one sentence of the state statute mirrored by Olivette's code (section 215.155) unconstitutional — the subsection requiring registered offenders to post a sign stating "no candy or treats" — and said the city will let the ruling go up on appeal and not enforce that sign requirement this year.
The City Attorney reported at the Oct. 22 meeting that Olivette's municipal code mirrors a state statute that governs restrictions on certain registered offenders on Halloween. A federal court recently ruled one sentence of the state statute unconstitutional; the municipal code includes the same…
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